urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl - Tags - hp Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl442013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-8585ecbf-cc79-4791-bbac-931cdbe6472eOn HP's New Strategyestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2011-08-23T11:31:40-04:002011-08-23T11:31:40-04:00Read all about <a href="http://benchmarkingblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/on-hps-new-strategy/">HP's new strategy and new storage announcement</a> . . .Read all about HP's new strategy and new storage announcement . . .003268urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-523157b9-06c6-4756-b52d-6d2bdd20c59eDoing the Right Thing: Another SAP #1 on POWER7estahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2011-06-15T14:45:09-04:002011-06-15T14:45:09-04:00<br/><br/>
IBM has a <a href="http://benchmarkingblog.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/doing-the-right-thing-another-sap-1-on-power7/">new #1 on the SAP SD 2-tier benchmark.</a> Happy Birthday !IBM has a new #1 on the SAP SD 2-tier benchmark. Happy Birthday !002890urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-c801a057-2e99-42ed-bb75-9ebde70ef2a8Who Killed HP?estahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2011-04-11T11:43:36-04:002011-04-11T11:43:36-04:00Conspiracy theory or truth surrounding HP benchmarks and Oracle . . . <a href="http://wp.me/p1lgsI-T">read here.</a>Conspiracy theory or truth surrounding HP benchmarks and Oracle . . . read here.002173urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-7e40ab9b-7c93-4b8f-bc22-fc39ddc510b1IBM #1 in Oracle Benchmarkestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2011-03-11T14:02:07-05:002011-03-11T14:02:07-05:00<br/><br/>
<p>Oracle provides a suite of vendor benchmarks to measure the performance of Oracle applications called the <a href="http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/benchmark/apps-benchmark/results-166922.html">Oracle E-Business Suite Standard Benchmark.</a> This benchmark is a comparable standard workload which demonstrates the performance and scalability of Oracle applications and provides metrics for the comparison of performance on different system configurations.</p>
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<p>IBM just published another #1 POWER7 benchmark result on one of Oracle's own benchmarks. The IBM Power 710 6-core system now leads in the R12 Order-to-Cash Medium Model. IBM surpassed Cisco and HP in this benchmark by over 2 times the performance per core. (1)</p>
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<p>So my question here is what happens <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/11/oracle_allegedly_stifles_hp_oracle_tpc_benchmark/">when Oracle decides to have a hardware presence</a> in this specific benchmark? Are we taking bets?</p>
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(1)A 6-core IBM Power 710 (3.72 GHz) achieved the best medium two-tier Order-to-Cash batch result (213,523 lines per hour) running AIX 6.1 and IBM System Storage DS5100. A 12-core Cisco UCS B200 (3.33 GHz) achieved medium two-tier Order-to-Cash batch result (185,643 lines per hour). An 8-core HP DL380 (3.16 GHz) achieved medium two-tier Order-to-Cash batch result (108,108 lines per hour).
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Oracle provides a suite of vendor benchmarks to measure the performance of Oracle applications called the Oracle E-Business Suite Standard Benchmark. This benchmark is a comparable standard workload which demonstrates the performance and scalability of Oracle...003014urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-d6439bdb-b710-4096-a015-0f8207473279True Grit Benchmarkingestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2011-01-20T12:18:51-05:002011-01-20T12:18:51-05:00<br/><br/>
<p>A few weeks ago, I went to see <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403865/">True Grit.</a> This comic-serious western, adapted by Joel and Ethan Coen from the novel by Charles Portis, focuses on a 14-year-old Arkansas girl who hires a man with "true grit" to hunt down her father’s killer. It's hard to put your finger on exactly what makes up true grit but I think it has something to do with being bold and gutsy, but with the backbone, bravery, courage and valor behind it.</p>
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<p>Yesterday, HP published a <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/110119xa.html">press release</a> on new appliances with Microsoft. The only reference to performance is a claim that the HP Enterprise Data Warehouse Appliance delivers amazingly faster queries than traditional SQL Server deployments. The footnote is very interesting. It basically says this claim is based on what some unnamed customer saw.</p>
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<p>What is true grit when it comes to performance?</p>
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<li>True grit is participating in an industry standard benchmark.</li>
<li>True grit is producing a white paper with detailed performance testing results.</li>
<li>True grit is publishing real results from a proof of concept at a client.</li>
<li>True grit is not saying you are x times faster than something based on what someone told you.</li>
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<p>“The wicked flee when none pursueth.”
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A few weeks ago, I went to see True Grit. This comic-serious western, adapted by Joel and Ethan Coen from the novel by Charles Portis, focuses on a 14-year-old Arkansas girl who hires a man with "true grit" to hunt down her father’s killer. It's hard to put...002213urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-5cad2dba-3e42-405d-872d-16b08d3a3d93The Times They Are a-Changin'estahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2010-09-28T12:51:48-04:002010-09-28T13:02:05-04:00<br /><br />
<p>I just finished an extraordinary historical novel about the discovery of plesiosaurs along the English coast in the 1800s. What was so amazing was how just finding these skeletons in the sand changed everything about the way people viewed the world.</p>
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<p>I was thinking about this as I thought about all the recent changes in the IT industry. We have companies buying up companies, sometimes so awkwardly that their whole mission changes.</p>
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<p>And sometimes it's just to complement what is there. As with the recent IBM agreements with <a href="http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32514.wss">Netezza</a> and <a href="http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32525.wss">BLADE</a>. At the same time, IBM invests a huge amount in our own innovation. All you have to do is look at the amount of investment IBM has in Research and Development areas and how many real <a href="http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressreleases/finder.wss?topic=8">breakthroughs</a> and patents are produced at IBM each year. I think that a healthy combination of both acquisition and research is needed for an organization to thrive.</p>
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<p>On the other hand, HP completed the offer for and merger with 3PAR -- while in the same morning they are claiming a &quot;breakthrough&quot; because six of their internal data centers are now “<a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2010/100927d.html">Cisco Free</a>.” I guess sometimes collaboration only goes so far and breakthroughs are not necessarily groundbreaking.</p>
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<p>So let's get this straight. At this moment in time, Cisco still likes everyone. HP used to like Cisco and Oracle and now they don't. Oracle used to like IBM and HP and now they don't like them or anyone.</p>
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<p>The implications of how the changing business of the IT world will impact systems performance is mind-boggling. About a decade ago I read the bestseller &quot;Who Moved My Cheese?&quot; The book came with a card that I look at almost every day. &quot;Change Happens . . . Be Ready to Quickly Change Again and Again. They Keep Moving the Cheese.&quot;</p>
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I just finished an extraordinary historical novel about the discovery of plesiosaurs along the English coast in the 1800s. What was so amazing was how just finding these skeletons in the sand changed everything about the way people viewed the world.
I...005036urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-9de4b3d1-c603-42fc-97b0-89a869196882Superdome Returnsestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2010-04-27T10:08:17-04:002010-04-27T10:14:03-04:00<br /><br />
<p>Does anyone like Rocky II better than Rocky? Superman II? Spider-Man 2? Avatar 2? (oh, I think I'm getting ahead of myself here) It takes an incredibly special sequel to make a winner.</p>
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<p>HP issued a <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2010/100427xa.html">press release</a> today announcing new Integrity servers including the Superdome 2, using the new &quot;Tukwila&quot; Intel Itanium 9300 processors. The dreaded and dropped word &quot;Itanium&quot; is not even mentioned in the announcement.</p>
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<p>And today a <a href="http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_result_detail.asp?id=110042601">new TPC-H benchmark result</a> was published for the Superdome 2. This result was also not in the announcement. Why would that be?</p>
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<p>Maybe because this brand new benchmark result is less than 14% greater than the previous Superdome TPC-H result on old technology?(1) I would have expected a much greater increase purely based on the newer database and operating system versions used in the new benchmark.</p>
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Maybe HP has been spending too much time collaborating on <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2010/100421xb.html">Sex and the City 2</a>
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(1)HP Integrity Superdome 2 TPC-H result of 140,181.1 QphH@1000GB, $12.15/QphH@1000GB, Oracle Database 11g R2 Enterprise Edition with Partitioning and Oracle Automatic Storage Management, HP-UX 11i v3, Qty/Processors/Cores/Threads:16/64/64, Quad-core Intel Itanium 9350,1.73GHz 24MB iL3 Cache, available October 20, 2010 vs. HP Integrity Superdome with 32 x 1.6GHz Itanium 9140N/384GB (32 chips/64 cores/64 threads) result of 123,323.1 QphH@1000GB, $20.54/QphH@1000GB, available 04/29/09, Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition, HP-UX 11.i v3 64 bit
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Does anyone like Rocky II better than Rocky? Superman II? Spider-Man 2? Avatar 2? (oh, I think I'm getting ahead of myself here) It takes an incredibly special sequel to make a winner.
HP issued a press release today announcing new Integrity...016706urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-b5f83bcb-db8d-43ee-aab1-ae3518d8191dEven GM Knowsestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2010-03-29T10:23:24-04:002010-03-29T10:23:24-04:00<br/><br/>
<p>This morning, one of the first things I saw when I got on my computer was an ad for a new Chevy crossover vehicle. What caught my eye was that they compared the gas mileage on the highway to a competitor's. Using a benchmark with a nice footnote based on an industry standard external source.</p>
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<p>This morning, one of the first articles I saw when I got on my computer was a <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2010/100329xb.html">press release</a> for HP's new ProLiant servers with AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors. The performance and energy claims are once again solely based on "HP internal testing." Whether it's Westmere, Magny-Cours, Nehalem, Power, or Traverse, internal testing is great, but external benchmarks are even better.</p>
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<p>Besides being <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/29/amd_opteron_6100_launch/">a new server chip</a>, Magny-Cours is a motor racing circuit located in France. You probably won't find the crossover on this circuit but it is a winner in my eyes today.</p>
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This morning, one of the first things I saw when I got on my computer was an ad for a new Chevy crossover vehicle. What caught my eye was that they compared the gas mileage on the highway to a competitor's. Using a benchmark with a nice footnote based on an...003261urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-d59ebe90-ce83-407a-a150-d2a550d6a33bWindow on IT Press Releasesestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2010-03-04T10:29:21-05:002010-03-04T10:29:21-05:00<p>So after traveling this week, I finally got some time to go out and take a look at the latest press releases out there and wanted to give you, dear reader, an update.</p>
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<p>The IBM <a href="http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/29595.wss
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<p>The device, called a nanophotonic avalanche photodetector, is the fastest of its kind and could enable breakthroughs in energy-efficient computing that can have significant implications for the future of electronics. With optical communications embedded into the processor chips, energy-efficient systems with performance at the Exaflop level might be closer than we think.</p>
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<p>HP's latest <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2010/100304xa.html
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<p>And Oracle. They <a href="http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/058489">talk about</a> an application to help butter.</p>
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So after traveling this week, I finally got some time to go out and take a look at the latest press releases out there and wanted to give you, dear reader, an update.
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<p>My black lab's favorite game is Hide-and-Seek. We hide. And he points his nose, holds his tail high, and finds you instantly. It's somewhat entertaining for us, it's an amazing game for him.</p>
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<p>And that game reminded me of Intel's latest <a href="http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2010/20100208comp.htm">press release on the new Intel Itanium 9300 processor.</a> In the release there's a performance claim with a footnote on HP SPEC CPU results. But here's the catch. The actual results are hiding. Missing. Not there. And you can't get to the results on the SPEC website yet and for awhile because they were just submitted. What would be the reason to hide these results? </p>
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<p>When IBM announces new systems, such as the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/">POWER7</a> systems earlier this week, the actual results of the benchmarks are highlighted. You can find them <a href=" http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/750/perfdata.html">here.</a> And <a href=" http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/benchmarks">here.</a> And <a href="http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/reports/system_perf.html">here.</a></p>
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<p>Even my lab with his amazing nose couldn't find these Intel/HP results.</p>
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<br/> My black lab's favorite game is Hide-and-Seek. We hide. And he points his nose, holds his tail high, and finds you instantly. It's somewhat entertaining for us, it's an amazing game for him.
And that game reminded me of Intel's latest press release on...003645urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-3fd42aeb-3830-40ab-9262-8b58e398f6c6HP Far from Snappyestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2009-11-23T12:02:59-05:002009-11-23T12:02:59-05:00<br><br>
So with the Thanksgiving holidays approaching, we decided that it was finally time to finish putting together a photo album of pictures from June.
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I know that many of us use online albums. But I just love to sit on the couch and turn the actual pages of a book, reliving a cherished graduation or vacation.
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I used to put an album together the old-fashioned way. Get the photos printed at the local photo store, pick them up, buy an album, and place them in the album with appropriate hand-written captions. It was a lot of work and it took time. Lots of time.
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This year we decided to try <a href="http://www.snapfish.com/">Snapfish</a> by HP. How wonderful to be able to place the photos in cool ways, choose pink polka dot borders, and even type in captions.
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When we first started the album we either decided that 8" x 8" was a good size or we chose that size by clicking the wrong button. We can't remember which. But now we realize that an 8" x 8" album would make the photos the size of postage stamps.
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But not to worry. Of course the album can be converted to the 12" x 12" size. In fact Snapfish even lets you add a larger size album to your cart when you checkout. Surely HP would provide a way to convert the small album to the large album. I mean a square is a square. What could be simpler than that ?
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Alas, it appears that HP's application can not do this. Ganesh at the Live chat even verified this sad fact. So we will have to start over. From the very beginning.
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After this experience I may go back to the old-fashioned way. Or I may just go to a name from the past who also has a photo book site. A name I fondly remember from my album-making days and my childhood. <a href="http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/category.jsp?parentCatId=Products&catId=Books">Kodak.</a>
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<br/> So with the Thanksgiving holidays approaching, we decided that it was finally time to finish putting together a photo album of pictures from June.
I know that many of us use online albums. But I just love to sit on the couch and turn the actual pages of a...002235urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-174672b2-0320-4a5e-ba6b-f707e8956eefOracle Unveils New Database Machineestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2009-09-16T15:45:16-04:002009-09-16T15:45:16-04:00<br><br>
This time of year we all start thinking about fall - apple picking, football games, raking leaves, and that epitome of teenage angst, the Homecoming dance.
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One of the rules you learned early on was that once you accepted an invite to the dance, it was in very poor taste to decline and go with someone else. I don't care if that someone else was tall, dark, and handsome, captain of the varsity basketball team and a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist, it was just something you did not do.
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Which reminded me of Oracle's latest announcement yesterday of their Exadata Version 2 machine. With their Exadata Version 1 system they had <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE58E80D20090915">collaborated with key partner HP</a>. They quickly proceeded to drop their allegiance to HP like a hot potato, joining forces with Sun for greener pastures while the acquisition is in the works.
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Oracle gave no details supporting the performance claims in the announcement. Larry Ellison went to the dance with John Fowler; we'll have to wait to find out exactly why.
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This time of year we all start thinking about fall - apple picking, football games, raking leaves, and that epitome of teenage angst, the Homecoming dance.
One of the rules you learned early on was that once you accepted an invite to the dance, it was in...002959urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-e8525dbd-f2fc-40b7-a8b3-3086a4cf6c9aThe Dog Days of August Benchmarkingestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2009-08-06T12:23:22-04:002009-08-06T12:25:49-04:00Don't get me wrong. It's not that there have not been a ton of benchmarks being published this summer. There have been plenty. Plenty to analyze. In fact, there were over 226 SPECcpu2006 results in July alone. The problem is that none of the benchmark results are very exciting. In fact, many are downright boring. <br /><br />As an example, this week a slew of <a href="http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark">SAP SD 2-tier results</a> were published. OK, so there was a little bit of excitement because of some of the virtualization going on from Fujitsu. But face it, that was about it. In fact, one of the new HP SAP results, which happened to be on Intel &quot;Nehalem&quot; which we all were so excited about in the spring, did not even come close to the recent IBM POWER6 <a href="http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/27891.wss">result.</a> (1) <br /><br />It's almost as if we had our fireworks with the <a href="http://www.top500.org">TOP500</a>, went on summer vacation, and are now busy buying our back to school supplies in anticipation of the next exciting benchmark. <br /><br />Even though it's been a cool summer in many places this year, my colleague in Dubai says she is enjoying the 120 degree Fahrenheit weather over there. My colleague in Austin says they are getting &quot;through the summer.&quot; Funny. That's something in Cleveland we say in February. About winter. Here we don't just get through the summer. We relish it like the best hot dog on the grill. <br /><br />****************************************************** <br />Results current as of 8/6/09. <br />Sources: http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark, www.spec.org, www.top500.org <br />(1) IBM SAP SD 2-tier benchmark: Number of SAP SD benchmark users: 3,752, Average dialog response time: 0.97 seconds, Fully processed order line items/hour: 410,330, Dialog steps/hour:1,231,000, SAPS: 20,520, Average database request time (dialog/update): 0.013 sec / 0.016 sec, CPU utilization of central server: 99%, AIX 6.1, DB2 9.5, SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode), Certification number: 2009023, IBM System 550, 4 processors / 8 cores / 16 threads, Power6, 5.0 GHz, 128 KB L1 cache and 4 MB L2 cache per core, 32 MB L3 cache per processor, 64 GB main memory vs. SAP SD -tier result of 3,415 SD (Sales &amp; Distribution) with Average dialog response time: 0.98 seconds (certification #2009031) on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition running SQL Server 2008 and SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode) on a HP ProLiant BL460c G6 with 2 2.93 GHz Intel Xeon X5570 processor chips (8 cores, 4 cores/chip) and 48 GB of main memory. <br /><br />The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br /><br />SAP, mySAP and other SAP product and service names mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries all over the world. <br /><br />SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECjAppServer, SPECompM, SPECompL, SPECsfs, SPECpower, SPEC MPI and SPECpower_ssj are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). <br /><br /><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SAP" rel="tag">SAP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SD" rel="tag">SD</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/550" rel="tag">550</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Nehalem" rel="tag">Nehalem</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Unicode" rel="tag">Unicode</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/dynamic" rel="tag">dynamic</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/dynamic infrastructure" rel="tag">dynamic infrastructure</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/infrastructure" rel="tag">infrastructure</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/processor" rel="tag">processor</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DB2" rel="tag">DB2</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Intel" rel="tag">Intel</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/BL460" rel="tag">BL460</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a> <p />Don't get me wrong. It's not that there have not been a ton of benchmarks being published this summer. There have been plenty. Plenty to analyze. In fact, there were over 226 SPECcpu2006 results in July alone. The problem is that none of the benchmark results...002850urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-cd26ab8b-7101-4940-bec6-d3726b8cc13dDude, Where's My TPC-Hestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2009-04-30T00:57:51-04:002009-04-30T00:57:51-04:00I'm a sucker for time travel. And last weekend I watched a movie with a time machine that I had never seen before. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/">Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure</a> . . . A very strange movie, but surely most excellent. <br><br>Going back in history was what HP did yesterday when they published a new Superdome Itanium <a href="http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_results.asp?orderby=hardware">TPC-H 1TB</a> benchmark result (1). The result was notable for neither performance nor price performance. IBM hasn't published a result on this very very very small database size for 4 years.<br><br>Dude, "everything is different, but the same."<br><br>************************************************<br>(1) HP 1TB TPC-H result of 123,323.15 QphH@1000GB ($20.54 per QphH@1000GB , avail. 04/29/2009) on an HP Integrity Superdome with 32 dual-core Itanium 1.6 GHz processor chips (64 total cores, 64 total threads) running Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition with Partitioning and Oracle Automatic Storage Management on HP-UX 11.i v3 64-bit. <br>Sources: http://www.tpc.org<br>Results current as of 4/30/09. <br><br>TPC-C ,TPC-H, and TPC-E are trademarks of the Transaction Performance Processing Council (TPPC).<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-H" rel="tag">TPC-H</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Oracle" rel="tag">Oracle</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Superdome" rel="tag">Superdome</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Dude" rel="tag">Dude</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Excellent" rel="tag">Excellent</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/BI" rel="tag">BI</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Power" rel="tag">Power</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/QphH" rel="tag">QphH</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Itanium" rel="tag">Itanium</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" rel="tag">Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP-UX" rel="tag">HP-UX</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/> <br/><br/>I'm a sucker for time travel. And last weekend I watched a movie with a time machine that I had never seen before. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/">Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure</a> . . . A very strange movie, but surely most excellent. <br><br>Going back in history was what HP did yesterday when they published a new Superdome Itanium <a href="http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_results.asp?orderby=hardware">TPC-H 1TB</a> benchmark result (1). The result was notable for neither performance nor price performance. IBM hasn't published a result on this very very very small database size for 4 years.<br><br>Dude, "everything is different, but the same."<br><br>************************************************<br>(1) HP 1TB TPC-H result of 123,323.15 QphH@1000GB ($20.54 per QphH@1000GB , avail. 04/29/2009) on an HP Integrity Superdome with 32 dual-core Itanium 1.6 GHz processor chips (64 total cores, 64 total threads) running Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition with Partitioning and Oracle Automatic Storage Management on HP-UX 11.i v3 64-bit. <br>Sources: http://www.tpc.org<br>Results current as of 4/30/09. <br><br>TPC-C ,TPC-H, and TPC-E are trademarks of the Transaction Performance Processing Council (TPPC).<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-H" rel="tag">TPC-H</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Oracle" rel="tag">Oracle</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Superdome" rel="tag">Superdome</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Dude" rel="tag">Dude</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Excellent" rel="tag">Excellent</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/BI" rel="tag">BI</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Power" rel="tag">Power</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/QphH" rel="tag">QphH</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Itanium" rel="tag">Itanium</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" rel="tag">Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP-UX" rel="tag">HP-UX</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/> <br/><br/>I'm a sucker for time travel. And last weekend I watched a movie with a time machine that I had never seen before. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure . . . A very strange movie, but surely most excellent. Going back in history was what HP did yesterday when...002738urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-98327a0b-f824-43a3-9683-fd8bf02cd379Learning Your HPCsestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2009-02-04T16:26:28-05:002009-02-04T16:26:28-05:00Last week, President Obama chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_obama_mideast">television interview</a> as president.<br><br>You have to hand it to him. No matter what your politics, that move took chutzpah. <br><br>What also took nerve was Ideas International's lastest <a href="http://ideasint.blogs.com/ideasinsights/2009/02/hp-is-looking-ahead-in-high-performance-computing.html">article on high performance computing.</a> The blog presents valuable insight on energy efficiency, clusters, cloud computing and virtualization. And I am delighted that IDEAS agrees that "the HPC market appears poised for growth in the future." The problem I have is the reference to HP "leadership."<br><br>IBM has been #1 in the <a href="http://www.top500.org/">TOP500</a>, the list of the 500 most powerful computers in the world, nine straight times in a row, a new record. IBM achieved the most aggregate throughput. The top twenty most energy efficient systems were all from IBM. For the top ten systems in the TOP500, IBM had three and HP had none. <br><br>IBM is the leader in numerous other <a href="http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/benchmarks/hpc.html">HPC benchmarks.</a><br><br>And it was just <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/ibms-sequoia-supercomputer-to-shatter-speed-records/">announced yesterday</a> that IBM is making the world's fastest supercomputer in the world (20 petaflops) for the United States Department of Energy. "I.B.M. remains intent on producing the biggest and baddest supercomputers on the planet." <br><br>And that's not just hummus.<br><br>************************************************<br>Source: www.top500.org; Results current as of 2/4/09.<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/TOP500" rel="tag">TOP500</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HPC" rel="tag">HPC</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/supercomputer" rel="tag">supercomputer</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IDEAS" rel="tag">IDEAS</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>Last week, President Obama chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_obama_mideast">television interview</a> as president.<br><br>You have to hand it to him. No matter what your politics, that move took chutzpah. <br><br>What also took nerve was Ideas International's lastest <a href="http://ideasint.blogs.com/ideasinsights/2009/02/hp-is-looking-ahead-in-high-performance-computing.html">article on high performance computing.</a> The blog presents valuable insight on energy efficiency, clusters, cloud computing and virtualization. And I am delighted that IDEAS agrees that "the HPC market appears poised for growth in the future." The problem I have is the reference to HP "leadership."<br><br>IBM has been #1 in the <a href="http://www.top500.org/">TOP500</a>, the list of the 500 most powerful computers in the world, nine straight times in a row, a new record. IBM achieved the most aggregate throughput. The top twenty most energy efficient systems were all from IBM. For the top ten systems in the TOP500, IBM had three and HP had none. <br><br>IBM is the leader in numerous other <a href="http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/benchmarks/hpc.html">HPC benchmarks.</a><br><br>And it was just <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/ibms-sequoia-supercomputer-to-shatter-speed-records/">announced yesterday</a> that IBM is making the world's fastest supercomputer in the world (20 petaflops) for the United States Department of Energy. "I.B.M. remains intent on producing the biggest and baddest supercomputers on the planet." <br><br>And that's not just hummus.<br><br>************************************************<br>Source: www.top500.org; Results current as of 2/4/09.<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/TOP500" rel="tag">TOP500</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HPC" rel="tag">HPC</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/supercomputer" rel="tag">supercomputer</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IDEAS" rel="tag">IDEAS</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>Last week, President Obama chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president. You have to hand it to him. No matter what your politics, that move took chutzpah. What also took nerve was Ideas International's lastest...002729urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-0050450b-fe28-43ab-873a-982e2dfabbfcJust Doing My Jobestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2009-01-23T14:56:18-05:002009-01-23T14:59:48-05:00This week HP tells a <a href="http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/realstories/rstory-ent-server-realworldperformance.html">"Real Story"</a> claiming more performance than IBM on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark. And if they did their job, they would have told the whole story. <br><br> You see, for this benchmark, it is important to look at all the data. That means the database server hardware and software as well as the application hardware and software. And if you look at the database server you would see that HP needed over 3x the number of database cores that IBM needed to get only 1.5x the performance.(1)<br><br> To do the benchmark analysis job well, you need to examine all of the data available. Not just the parts that make your story more real. <br><br>This week President Obama <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_ot/plane_splashdown">spoke with the pilot</a> who skillfully landed the Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. The pilot told him, "Me and my crew, we were just doing our job." <br><br>"And it made me think, if everybody did their job -- whatever that job was -- as well as that pilot did his job, we'd be in pretty good shape," Obama said. <br><br>************************************************<br>(1)HP SPECjAppServer2004 result of 21,602 JOPS on an HP Integrity BL870c server blade dual-core Intel® Itanium® 9100series 1.6GHz, 13 blades/52 chips/104 cores. Each blade: 8 cores/4 chips/ 2 cores per chip running Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition Release 10.3 HP–UX 11iv3 September 2008 . The database server was a Superdome configured with dual-core Intel Itanium 1.6 GHz processor chips (128-core). vs. IBM SPECjAppServer2004 result of 14,004 JOPS using WebSphere 6.1 Application Server with EJB3 Feature Pack on IBM System pSeries Blade Center and DB2 9.5 on a configuration with 26 application servers, each an IBM BladeCenter JS22 Express (2 4.0 GHz POWER6 chips, 4 cores, 2 cores/chip, 10 GB memory) running WebSphere 6.1 Application Server with EJB3 Feature Pack, IBM J9 VM on IBM AIX 5L V5.3 and the IBM System p5-595 database server(40 cores, 20 2.1 GHz POWER5+ chips, 2 cores/chip (SMT on), 192 GB memory) running IBM DB2 9.5 on IBM AIX 5L v5.3. Source: http://www.spec.org. Results current as of 1/23/09. <br><br>SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECjAppServer, SPECompM, SPECompL, SPECsfs, SPECpower, SPEC MPI and SPECpower_ssj are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPEC" rel="tag">SPEC</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPECjAppServer2004" rel="tag">SPECjAppServer2004</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DB2" rel="tag">DB2</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/JS22" rel="tag">JS22</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/p5-595" rel="tag">p5-595</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/WebSphere" rel="tag">WebSphere</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>This week HP tells a <a href="http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/realstories/rstory-ent-server-realworldperformance.html">"Real Story"</a> claiming more performance than IBM on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark. And if they did their job, they would have told the whole story. <br><br> You see, for this benchmark, it is important to look at all the data. That means the database server hardware and software as well as the application hardware and software. And if you look at the database server you would see that HP needed over 3x the number of database cores that IBM needed to get only 1.5x the performance.(1)<br><br> To do the benchmark analysis job well, you need to examine all of the data available. Not just the parts that make your story more real. <br><br>This week President Obama <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_ot/plane_splashdown">spoke with the pilot</a> who skillfully landed the Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. The pilot told him, "Me and my crew, we were just doing our job." <br><br>"And it made me think, if everybody did their job -- whatever that job was -- as well as that pilot did his job, we'd be in pretty good shape," Obama said. <br><br>************************************************<br>(1)HP SPECjAppServer2004 result of 21,602 JOPS on an HP Integrity BL870c server blade dual-core Intel® Itanium® 9100series 1.6GHz, 13 blades/52 chips/104 cores. Each blade: 8 cores/4 chips/ 2 cores per chip running Oracle WebLogic Server Standard Edition Release 10.3 HP–UX 11iv3 September 2008 . The database server was a Superdome configured with dual-core Intel Itanium 1.6 GHz processor chips (128-core). vs. IBM SPECjAppServer2004 result of 14,004 JOPS using WebSphere 6.1 Application Server with EJB3 Feature Pack on IBM System pSeries Blade Center and DB2 9.5 on a configuration with 26 application servers, each an IBM BladeCenter JS22 Express (2 4.0 GHz POWER6 chips, 4 cores, 2 cores/chip, 10 GB memory) running WebSphere 6.1 Application Server with EJB3 Feature Pack, IBM J9 VM on IBM AIX 5L V5.3 and the IBM System p5-595 database server(40 cores, 20 2.1 GHz POWER5+ chips, 2 cores/chip (SMT on), 192 GB memory) running IBM DB2 9.5 on IBM AIX 5L v5.3. Source: http://www.spec.org. Results current as of 1/23/09. <br><br>SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECjAppServer, SPECompM, SPECompL, SPECsfs, SPECpower, SPEC MPI and SPECpower_ssj are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPEC" rel="tag">SPEC</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPECjAppServer2004" rel="tag">SPECjAppServer2004</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DB2" rel="tag">DB2</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/JS22" rel="tag">JS22</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/p5-595" rel="tag">p5-595</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/WebSphere" rel="tag">WebSphere</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>This week HP tells a "Real Story" claiming more performance than IBM on the SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark. And if they did their job, they would have told the whole story. You see, for this benchmark, it is important to look at all the data. That means the...002000urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-0a95790f-bd1b-45c1-9e76-2ce4b590f045Data Warehousing Debacleestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-12-29T11:35:31-05:002008-12-29T11:35:31-05:00Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house, we played <a href="http://www.madlibs.com/">Mad Libs</a> in the car. Yes, Mad Libs. Mad Libs is actually still around after 50 years. And still quite popular. What a blast from the past. <br><br>This morning I read an article about <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/technology/29hewlett.html">HP data warehousing</a> that was also a blast from the past. With words like Tandem, expensive, old, unproven. I almost went to grab my Walkman. <br><br><a href="http://www.ibm.com/software/data/businessintelligence/">IBM</a> has provided end-to-end technologies, services and solutions for Business Intelligence, including data warehousing, for decades. IBM is #1 in the TPC-H benchmark at the 10TB level and is 64% greater than HP.(1)<br><br>Mark Hurd's vision is to pull data together into "a single version of the truth." The truth for HP just may be __________ [adjective]<br><br>************************************************<br>(1) A 128-core (32-node 4-core) IBM Power 570 cluster (4.7 GHz, 64 chips, 256 threads) with DB2 is the best overall TPC-H result at 10TB (343,551 QphH@10000GB, 32.89$/QphH, configuration available 04/15/08) vs. HP TPC-H 10TB result of 208,457 QphH@10000GB, $27.97/QphH, configuration available 09/10/08) on an Integrity Superdome (1.6GHz Itanium, 64 chips, 128 cores, 128 threads). <br>Source: www.tpc.org. Results as of 12/29/08<br><br>TPC-C ,TPC-H, and TPC-E are trademarks of the Transaction Performance Processing Council (TPPC).<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-H" rel="tag">TPC-H</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DB2" rel="tag">DB2</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/data warehousing" rel="tag">data warehousing</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Itanium" rel="tag">Itanium</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/> <br/><br/>Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house, we played <a href="http://www.madlibs.com/">Mad Libs</a> in the car. Yes, Mad Libs. Mad Libs is actually still around after 50 years. And still quite popular. What a blast from the past. <br><br>This morning I read an article about <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/technology/29hewlett.html">HP data warehousing</a> that was also a blast from the past. With words like Tandem, expensive, old, unproven. I almost went to grab my Walkman. <br><br><a href="http://www.ibm.com/software/data/businessintelligence/">IBM</a> has provided end-to-end technologies, services and solutions for Business Intelligence, including data warehousing, for decades. IBM is #1 in the TPC-H benchmark at the 10TB level and is 64% greater than HP.(1)<br><br>Mark Hurd's vision is to pull data together into "a single version of the truth." The truth for HP just may be __________ [adjective]<br><br>************************************************<br>(1) A 128-core (32-node 4-core) IBM Power 570 cluster (4.7 GHz, 64 chips, 256 threads) with DB2 is the best overall TPC-H result at 10TB (343,551 QphH@10000GB, 32.89$/QphH, configuration available 04/15/08) vs. HP TPC-H 10TB result of 208,457 QphH@10000GB, $27.97/QphH, configuration available 09/10/08) on an Integrity Superdome (1.6GHz Itanium, 64 chips, 128 cores, 128 threads). <br>Source: www.tpc.org. Results as of 12/29/08<br><br>TPC-C ,TPC-H, and TPC-E are trademarks of the Transaction Performance Processing Council (TPPC).<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-H" rel="tag">TPC-H</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DB2" rel="tag">DB2</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/data warehousing" rel="tag">data warehousing</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Itanium" rel="tag">Itanium</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/> <br/><br/>Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house, we played Mad Libs in the car. Yes, Mad Libs. Mad Libs is actually still around after 50 years. And still quite popular. What a blast from the past. This morning I read an article about HP data...002043urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-3e756f38-32ea-4026-a0a2-d1f21c3530c4My Hero, Robert Frances Groupestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-11-19T15:13:01-05:002008-11-20T10:27:17-05:00This morning I <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/nyregion/19metrocard.html">read a story</a> about a murder suspect who was released after his MetroCard proved he had been nowhere near the site of the crime. Technology providing truth and justice. <br><br>Last week, HP published a press release with claims on energy efficiency. They referenced a Robert Frances Group study. I actually read the study. And HP's claims just made no sense. <br><br>So I was immensely pleased to read that the Robert Frances Group (RFG) this week ended up clarifying its position in a <a href="http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Robert-Frances-Group-921499.html">public news wire.</a> "RFG has long stated that the mainframe is one of the best and most energy efficient platform options."<br><br>A public clarification takes a lot of guts. Thank you, RFG. The truth is out there. <br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/RFG" rel="tag">RFG</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/mainframe" rel="tag">mainframe</a>,,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/energy" rel="tag">energy</a><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/> <br/><br/>This morning I <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/nyregion/19metrocard.html">read a story</a> about a murder suspect who was released after his MetroCard proved he had been nowhere near the site of the crime. Technology providing truth and justice. <br><br>Last week, HP published a press release with claims on energy efficiency. They referenced a Robert Frances Group study. I actually read the study. And HP's claims just made no sense. <br><br>So I was immensely pleased to read that the Robert Frances Group (RFG) this week ended up clarifying its position in a <a href="http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Robert-Frances-Group-921499.html">public news wire.</a> "RFG has long stated that the mainframe is one of the best and most energy efficient platform options."<br><br>A public clarification takes a lot of guts. Thank you, RFG. The truth is out there. <br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/RFG" rel="tag">RFG</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/mainframe" rel="tag">mainframe</a>,,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/energy" rel="tag">energy</a><a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/> <br/><br/>This morning I read a story about a murder suspect who was released after his MetroCard proved he had been nowhere near the site of the crime. Technology providing truth and justice. Last week, HP published a press release with claims on energy efficiency. ...001538urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-904089fd-a081-462e-9d2f-ac694a1eb65eSuper Size Me, HPestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-09-18T15:34:54-04:002008-09-18T15:34:54-04:00I read the other day that restaurants that super size a meal are passe. In the current economy, everyone wants smaller. Smarter corporations are turning a 16 ounce can of chick peas into 15 ounces. And charging the same price. <br><br>Which is something that HP may need to learn. In a brand new <a href="http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2004/results/">SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark result</a>, HP gains the top spot by 22%. But the 112-core database Superdome required 2.8 times more cores and 2.6 times more memory than the IBM Power Systems configuration.(1)<br><br>Remember. Smaller is the new larger. <br><br>************************************************<br>(1)HP and Oracle SPECjAppServer2004 result of 17,046 JOPS using Oracle Application Server 10g Release 10.1.3.3.2 - Java Edition on an HP-UX Integrity BL870c Server Blade Cluster Twelve HP BL870c Application servers running HP-UX 11i v3 were used. Each app server consisted of four Dual-core Intel Itanium 9100 1.6 GHz processor chips (8 cores, 4 chips, 2 cores/chip, 98272 MB memory). The database server was a Superdome running HP-UX 11i v3 and configured with Dual-core Intel Itanium 9000 1.6 GHz processor chips (112 cores, 56 chips, 2 cores/chip, 523246 MB memory). vs. IBM SPECjAppServer2004 result of 14,004 JOPS using WebSphere 6.1 Application Server with EJB3 Feature Pack on IBM System pSeries Blade Center and DB2 9.5 on a configuration with 26 application servers, each an IBM BladeCenter JS22 Express (2 4.0 GHz POWER6 chips, 4 cores, 2 cores/chip, 10 GB memory) running WebSphere 6.1 Application Server with EJB3 Feature Pack, IBM J9 VM on IBM AIX 5L V5.3 and the IBM System p5-595 database server(40 cores, 20 2.1 GHz POWER5+ chips, 2 cores/chip (SMT on), 192 GB memory) running IBM DB2 9.5 on IBM AIX 5L v5.3.<br>Source: http://www.spec.org. Results current as of 9/18/08.<br><br>SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECjAppServer, SPECompM, SPECompL, SPECsfs, SPECpower, SPEC MPI and SPECpower_ssj are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPECjAppServer" rel="tag">SPECjAppServer</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Superdome" rel="tag">Superdome</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DB2" rel="tag">DB2</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Itanium" rel="tag">Itanium</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/><br/><br/>I read the other day that restaurants that super size a meal are passe. In the current economy, everyone wants smaller. Smarter corporations are turning a 16 ounce can of chick peas into 15 ounces. And charging the same price. <br><br>Which is something that HP may need to learn. In a brand new <a href="http://www.spec.org/jAppServer2004/results/">SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark result</a>, HP gains the top spot by 22%. But the 112-core database Superdome required 2.8 times more cores and 2.6 times more memory than the IBM Power Systems configuration.(1)<br><br>Remember. Smaller is the new larger. <br><br>************************************************<br>(1)HP and Oracle SPECjAppServer2004 result of 17,046 JOPS using Oracle Application Server 10g Release 10.1.3.3.2 - Java Edition on an HP-UX Integrity BL870c Server Blade Cluster Twelve HP BL870c Application servers running HP-UX 11i v3 were used. Each app server consisted of four Dual-core Intel Itanium 9100 1.6 GHz processor chips (8 cores, 4 chips, 2 cores/chip, 98272 MB memory). The database server was a Superdome running HP-UX 11i v3 and configured with Dual-core Intel Itanium 9000 1.6 GHz processor chips (112 cores, 56 chips, 2 cores/chip, 523246 MB memory). vs. IBM SPECjAppServer2004 result of 14,004 JOPS using WebSphere 6.1 Application Server with EJB3 Feature Pack on IBM System pSeries Blade Center and DB2 9.5 on a configuration with 26 application servers, each an IBM BladeCenter JS22 Express (2 4.0 GHz POWER6 chips, 4 cores, 2 cores/chip, 10 GB memory) running WebSphere 6.1 Application Server with EJB3 Feature Pack, IBM J9 VM on IBM AIX 5L V5.3 and the IBM System p5-595 database server(40 cores, 20 2.1 GHz POWER5+ chips, 2 cores/chip (SMT on), 192 GB memory) running IBM DB2 9.5 on IBM AIX 5L v5.3.<br>Source: http://www.spec.org. Results current as of 9/18/08.<br><br>SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECjAppServer, SPECompM, SPECompL, SPECsfs, SPECpower, SPEC MPI and SPECpower_ssj are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPECjAppServer" rel="tag">SPECjAppServer</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Superdome" rel="tag">Superdome</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DB2" rel="tag">DB2</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Itanium" rel="tag">Itanium</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/><br/><br/>I read the other day that restaurants that super size a meal are passe. In the current economy, everyone wants smaller. Smarter corporations are turning a 16 ounce can of chick peas into 15 ounces. And charging the same price. Which is something that HP may...022467urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-3fbb1095-9403-422e-8c90-beb3069beca9Will the Real Industry Standard Benchmark Please Stand Upestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-09-09T13:43:43-04:002008-09-09T13:50:01-04:00When is an industry standard benchmark truly an industry standard benchmark ?<br><br>Based on an "industry standard benchmark," HP <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2008/080908a.html">announced</a> yesterday that the new HP EliteBook 6930p delivered up to 24 hours of battery runtime. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for more battery time. I mean, saying you're not for more battery time is like saying you don't like ice cream or puppies. <br><br>But can we see the data please ? I want numbers and comparisons and links. The whole point is to be able to compare the result with others in order to assist in making a decision. <br><br>Yesterday, IBM published two outstanding industry standard benchmark results: An SAP SD 2-tier <a href="ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/benchmarks/news/newsblurb_x3950M2-8P_sap_090808.pdf">result</a> on the IBM System x3950 using DB2 and IBM System Storage as well as a <a href="ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/benchmarks/news/newsblurb_x3650_specjbb_090908.pdf">SPECjbb2005 score</a> on the IBM System x3650. <br><br>The HP battery announcement proudly states that one can now travel "as a passenger" from Maine to Florida using the notebook the entire way. I guess we should be glad they didn't benchmark it with the driver. <br><br>************************************************<br>Sources: http://www.spec.org, http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark.<br>Results current as of 9/9/08.<br><br>SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECjAppServer, SPECompM, SPECompL, SPECsfs, SPECpower, SPEC MPI and SPECpower_ssj are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).<br><br>SAP, mySAP and other SAP product and service names mentioned herein as well as their respectivelogos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries allover the world. <br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPECjbb2005" rel="tag">SPECjbb2005</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/6930p" rel="tag">6930p</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/x3950" rel="tag">x3950</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SAP" rel="tag">SAP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/x3650" rel="tag">x3650</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>When is an industry standard benchmark truly an industry standard benchmark ?<br><br>Based on an "industry standard benchmark," HP <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2008/080908a.html">announced</a> yesterday that the new HP EliteBook 6930p delivered up to 24 hours of battery runtime. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for more battery time. I mean, saying you're not for more battery time is like saying you don't like ice cream or puppies. <br><br>But can we see the data please ? I want numbers and comparisons and links. The whole point is to be able to compare the result with others in order to assist in making a decision. <br><br>Yesterday, IBM published two outstanding industry standard benchmark results: An SAP SD 2-tier <a href="ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/benchmarks/news/newsblurb_x3950M2-8P_sap_090808.pdf">result</a> on the IBM System x3950 using DB2 and IBM System Storage as well as a <a href="ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/benchmarks/news/newsblurb_x3650_specjbb_090908.pdf">SPECjbb2005 score</a> on the IBM System x3650. <br><br>The HP battery announcement proudly states that one can now travel "as a passenger" from Maine to Florida using the notebook the entire way. I guess we should be glad they didn't benchmark it with the driver. <br><br>************************************************<br>Sources: http://www.spec.org, http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark.<br>Results current as of 9/9/08.<br><br>SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECjAppServer, SPECompM, SPECompL, SPECsfs, SPECpower, SPEC MPI and SPECpower_ssj are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).<br><br>SAP, mySAP and other SAP product and service names mentioned herein as well as their respectivelogos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries allover the world. <br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPECjbb2005" rel="tag">SPECjbb2005</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/6930p" rel="tag">6930p</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/x3950" rel="tag">x3950</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SAP" rel="tag">SAP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/x3650" rel="tag">x3650</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>When is an industry standard benchmark truly an industry standard benchmark ? Based on an "industry standard benchmark," HP announced yesterday that the new HP EliteBook 6930p delivered up to 24 hours of battery runtime. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for more...002220urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-2bbea3c0-d363-4234-a9ce-563dbf052932In Performance, It All Depends - Where You're Coming Fromestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-08-25T15:46:11-04:002008-08-25T15:46:11-04:00I just saw this morning that <a href="http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/solutions/leb.html">HP</a> proudly claims on their website that their high-end systems today are 109x more efficient than in 1995. And how much better that improvement is than competitors.<br><br>Guess what guys ? When you start with outstanding performance and energy efficiency like IBM, you can then get even greater performance and energy efficiency. <br><br>When you start with a less efficient system, of course you can only get astronomically better. <br><br>It's sort of like dividing by 0. <br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/efficiency" rel="tag">efficiency</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/energy" rel="tag">energy</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/> <br/><br/>I just saw this morning that <a href="http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/solutions/leb.html">HP</a> proudly claims on their website that their high-end systems today are 109x more efficient than in 1995. And how much better that improvement is than competitors.<br><br>Guess what guys ? When you start with outstanding performance and energy efficiency like IBM, you can then get even greater performance and energy efficiency. <br><br>When you start with a less efficient system, of course you can only get astronomically better. <br><br>It's sort of like dividing by 0. <br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/efficiency" rel="tag">efficiency</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/energy" rel="tag">energy</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/> <br/><br/>I just saw this morning that HP proudly claims on their website that their high-end systems today are 109x more efficient than in 1995. And how much better that improvement is than competitors. Guess what guys ? When you start with outstanding performance...001452urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-7a4f6531-a39b-400b-bc57-e4a490134682A Whale of a Tale - Another HP "Real" Storyestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-04-16T00:39:35-04:002008-05-12T09:22:24-04:00This morning I read that thousands of executives across the country have been <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/technology/16whale.html">receiving e-mail messages</a> that appear to be official subpoenas from the United States District Court. Each message includes the executive’s name, company and phone number, and tells the executive to appear before a grand jury. A link in the message offers a copy of the entire subpoena but actually downloads and installs software that records keystrokes and sends the data to a remote computer. This tactic of aiming at the rich and powerful with an online scam is referred to as whaling, a play on phishing.<br><br>Which reminded me of HP's latest <a href="http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/107848-0-0-0-121.html?ERL=true">Real Story article about POWER6 systems</a>, which is surely a whale of a tale. <br><br>The performance claims alone are like saying that the ocean is not salty. <li>Everyone knows that you don't make a pure corellation between GHz of the chip and <a href="http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/benchmarks/index.html">true systems performance</a>.</li><li>For the SPEC benchmark example where HP claims leadership, the IBM result is actually 13% higher (using only 1 core).(1)</li> <br><br>Make my whale a big blue. <br><br>************************************************<br>Source: www.spec.org . Results current as of 04/16/08. <br>(1)HP rx2660, 1.66GHz 18M Itanium2, 1chip/2cores/2 core per chip 15.7 SPECint_base2006 vs. IBM Power 570, 4.7 GHz POWER6, 1chip/1cores/2 core per chip 17.8 SPECint_base2006. <br><br>SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECjAppServer, SPECompM, SPECompL, SPECsfs, SPECpower, and SPECpower_ssj are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). <br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPECcpu2006" rel="tag">SPECcpu2006</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/GHz" rel="tag">GHz</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>This morning I read that thousands of executives across the country have been <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/technology/16whale.html">receiving e-mail messages</a> that appear to be official subpoenas from the United States District Court. Each message includes the executive’s name, company and phone number, and tells the executive to appear before a grand jury. A link in the message offers a copy of the entire subpoena but actually downloads and installs software that records keystrokes and sends the data to a remote computer. This tactic of aiming at the rich and powerful with an online scam is referred to as whaling, a play on phishing.<br><br>Which reminded me of HP's latest <a href="http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/107848-0-0-0-121.html?ERL=true">Real Story article about POWER6 systems</a>, which is surely a whale of a tale. <br><br>The performance claims alone are like saying that the ocean is not salty. <li>Everyone knows that you don't make a pure corellation between GHz of the chip and <a href="http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/benchmarks/index.html">true systems performance</a>.</li><li>For the SPEC benchmark example where HP claims leadership, the IBM result is actually 13% higher (using only 1 core).(1)</li> <br><br>Make my whale a big blue. <br><br>************************************************<br>Source: www.spec.org . Results current as of 04/16/08. <br>(1)HP rx2660, 1.66GHz 18M Itanium2, 1chip/2cores/2 core per chip 15.7 SPECint_base2006 vs. IBM Power 570, 4.7 GHz POWER6, 1chip/1cores/2 core per chip 17.8 SPECint_base2006. <br><br>SPEC, SPECint, SPECfp, SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECjAppServer, SPECompM, SPECompL, SPECsfs, SPECpower, and SPECpower_ssj are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). <br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPECcpu2006" rel="tag">SPECcpu2006</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/GHz" rel="tag">GHz</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>This morning I read that thousands of executives across the country have been receiving e-mail messages that appear to be official subpoenas from the United States District Court. Each message includes the executive’s name, company and phone number, and tells...001571urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-c3e7ba1d-fa0e-4b64-b475-601d4ae1596aSpring Cleaningestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-03-21T14:04:37-04:002008-03-21T14:04:37-04:00This morning I gave away an old dusty yellow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_hopper">Hoppity Hop</a> from down in the basement, one of my grandmother's cashmere turtlenecks with 5 holes in it, and a toy plane launcher that long ago lost the ability to launch planes. It's amazing what you find when you do just a little spring cleaning. <br><br>What I didn't find down in the basement was an HP 9000 Superdome PA-RISC 8700. But if I did, it would have been out with the Hoppity Hop. <br><br>This week IBM <a href="http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23722.wss">announced a #1 TPC-C benchmark on the POWER6 IBM System p 550 and a trade-in program</a> that demonstrates that it really makes sense to do a little spring cleaning.(1)<br><br> Maybe the Superdome is in the attic. <br><br>************************************************<br>(1) IBM TPC-C result of 629,159 tpmC, $2.49/tpmC on an 8-core (4 processor chips, 16 threads) 4.2 GHz System p 550 (available 4/20/08) running DB2 Enterprise 9 on AIX V5.3.<br>Source: www.tpc.org. Results as of 3/21/08.<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>TPC Benchmarks are registered trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-C" rel="tag">TPC-C</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/p550" rel="tag">p550</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Superdome" rel="tag">Superdome</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>This morning I gave away an old dusty yellow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_hopper">Hoppity Hop</a> from down in the basement, one of my grandmother's cashmere turtlenecks with 5 holes in it, and a toy plane launcher that long ago lost the ability to launch planes. It's amazing what you find when you do just a little spring cleaning. <br><br>What I didn't find down in the basement was an HP 9000 Superdome PA-RISC 8700. But if I did, it would have been out with the Hoppity Hop. <br><br>This week IBM <a href="http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23722.wss">announced a #1 TPC-C benchmark on the POWER6 IBM System p 550 and a trade-in program</a> that demonstrates that it really makes sense to do a little spring cleaning.(1)<br><br> Maybe the Superdome is in the attic. <br><br>************************************************<br>(1) IBM TPC-C result of 629,159 tpmC, $2.49/tpmC on an 8-core (4 processor chips, 16 threads) 4.2 GHz System p 550 (available 4/20/08) running DB2 Enterprise 9 on AIX V5.3.<br>Source: www.tpc.org. Results as of 3/21/08.<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>TPC Benchmarks are registered trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-C" rel="tag">TPC-C</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/p550" rel="tag">p550</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Superdome" rel="tag">Superdome</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>This morning I gave away an old dusty yellow Hoppity Hop from down in the basement, one of my grandmother's cashmere turtlenecks with 5 holes in it, and a toy plane launcher that long ago lost the ability to launch planes. It's amazing what you find when you...001834urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-35d09d9b-4dc1-4a3b-b77d-cf79a8229a65IBM's Superior Performance on the vConsolidate Virtualization Benchmarkestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-03-17T13:12:05-04:002008-03-17T13:18:02-04:00An <a href="http://principledtechnologies.com/Clients/Reports/IBM/IBMvCon0208.pdf">exciting new study conducted by Principled Technologies (PT) compares the performance and performance per watt</a> of the IBM System x3850 M2 and the HP ProLiant DL580 G5 systems running VMware® ESX Server 3.5 using the Intel vConsolidate Virtualization Benchmark. <br><br>The <a href="ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/benchmarks/news/newsblurb_x3850M2_vConsolidate_031208.pdf">IBM System x3850 M2</a>:<li>Produced 27.1 percent better performance per watt than the similarly configured HP ProLiantDL580 G5 server with redundant power supplies active at five consolidation stack units (CSUs)</li><li>Delivered 8.0 percent more performance running vConsolidate with the optimum number ofCSUs (five) than the HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server</li><li>With redundant power supplies active at five CSUs, used 15.1 percent less power than the HPProLiant DL580 G5 server</li><br><br>Better performance per watt, demonstrating more performance, using less power. You can't beat that combination on a day when Green rules.<br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>Intel and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.Principled Technologies is a registered trademark of Principled Technologies, Inc.VMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc.<br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/vConsolidate" rel="tag">vConsolidate</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DL580" rel="tag">DL580</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/x3850" rel="tag">x3850</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/virtualization" rel="tag">virtualization</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/server" rel="tag">server</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/watt" rel="tag">watt</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>An <a href="http://principledtechnologies.com/Clients/Reports/IBM/IBMvCon0208.pdf">exciting new study conducted by Principled Technologies (PT) compares the performance and performance per watt</a> of the IBM System x3850 M2 and the HP ProLiant DL580 G5 systems running VMware® ESX Server 3.5 using the Intel vConsolidate Virtualization Benchmark. <br><br>The <a href="ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/eserver/benchmarks/news/newsblurb_x3850M2_vConsolidate_031208.pdf">IBM System x3850 M2</a>:<li>Produced 27.1 percent better performance per watt than the similarly configured HP ProLiantDL580 G5 server with redundant power supplies active at five consolidation stack units (CSUs)</li><li>Delivered 8.0 percent more performance running vConsolidate with the optimum number ofCSUs (five) than the HP ProLiant DL580 G5 server</li><li>With redundant power supplies active at five CSUs, used 15.1 percent less power than the HPProLiant DL580 G5 server</li><br><br>Better performance per watt, demonstrating more performance, using less power. You can't beat that combination on a day when Green rules.<br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>Intel and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.Principled Technologies is a registered trademark of Principled Technologies, Inc.VMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc.<br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/vConsolidate" rel="tag">vConsolidate</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/DL580" rel="tag">DL580</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/x3850" rel="tag">x3850</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/virtualization" rel="tag">virtualization</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/server" rel="tag">server</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/watt" rel="tag">watt</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>An exciting new study conducted by Principled Technologies (PT) compares the performance and performance per watt of the IBM System x3850 M2 and the HP ProLiant DL580 G5 systems running VMware® ESX Server 3.5 using the Intel vConsolidate Virtualization...002085urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-451f0580-88e6-4980-ab69-66a41e84cc4cA New HP Business Model ?estahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-03-11T11:13:40-04:002008-03-11T11:13:40-04:00Yesterday, I read an article about how <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10hp-1.html">HP is using its retirees as a volunteer sales force.</a> That 80-year old helping you out at Circuit City could be an ex-HP executive millionaire. And he's doing it for free. <br><br>Yesterday, HP published a <a href="http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_perf_results.asp?resulttype=all">TPC-H 10TB benchmark result </a> that was the leader in price performance for 10TB. The IBM System p 570 POWER6 system remains the #1 in performance for 10TB. (1) <br><br>Enslaving retirees to get better price performance numbers. It's obvious, isn't it ?<br><br>************************************************<br>(1) A 128-core (32-node 4-core) IBM System p 570 cluster (4.7 GHz, 64 chips, 256 threads) with DB2 is the best overall TPC-H result at 10TB (343,551 QphH@10000GB, 32.89$/QphH, configuration available 04/15/08) and tops all other vendors' systems vs. HP TPC-H 10TB result of 208,457 QphH@10000GB, $27.97/QphH, configuration available 09/10/08) on an Integrity Superdome (1.6GHz Itanium, 64 chips, 128 cores, 128 threads).<br>Source: www.tpc.org. Results as of 3/11/08.<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>TPC Benchmarks are registered trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-H" rel="tag">TPC-H</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/p570" rel="tag">p570</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Superdome" rel="tag">Superdome</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>Yesterday, I read an article about how <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/technology/10hp-1.html">HP is using its retirees as a volunteer sales force.</a> That 80-year old helping you out at Circuit City could be an ex-HP executive millionaire. And he's doing it for free. <br><br>Yesterday, HP published a <a href="http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_perf_results.asp?resulttype=all">TPC-H 10TB benchmark result </a> that was the leader in price performance for 10TB. The IBM System p 570 POWER6 system remains the #1 in performance for 10TB. (1) <br><br>Enslaving retirees to get better price performance numbers. It's obvious, isn't it ?<br><br>************************************************<br>(1) A 128-core (32-node 4-core) IBM System p 570 cluster (4.7 GHz, 64 chips, 256 threads) with DB2 is the best overall TPC-H result at 10TB (343,551 QphH@10000GB, 32.89$/QphH, configuration available 04/15/08) and tops all other vendors' systems vs. HP TPC-H 10TB result of 208,457 QphH@10000GB, $27.97/QphH, configuration available 09/10/08) on an Integrity Superdome (1.6GHz Itanium, 64 chips, 128 cores, 128 threads).<br>Source: www.tpc.org. Results as of 3/11/08.<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>TPC Benchmarks are registered trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-H" rel="tag">TPC-H</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/POWER6" rel="tag">POWER6</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/p570" rel="tag">p570</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Superdome" rel="tag">Superdome</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>Yesterday, I read an article about how HP is using its retirees as a volunteer sales force. That 80-year old helping you out at Circuit City could be an ex-HP executive millionaire. And he's doing it for free. Yesterday, HP published a TPC-H 10TB benchmark...023383urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-37a95b73-1cab-41ac-99ca-76eab7d59c3fWhat Would Honest Abe Have Saidestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-02-12T09:52:34-05:002008-02-12T09:52:34-05:00Today both HP and Sun announced new servers. For HP, a new server blade, the <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2008/080212a.html">HP Integrity BL870c</a>. Sun introduced the <a href="http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-02/sunflash.20080211.1.xml">Sun Netra T5220 server</a>, a carrier-grade, 64-thread rackmount UltraSPARC T2 server. <br><br>HP claims that their new server has "power savings of up to 25 percent. Space requirements also are reduced because 2.5 times as many BL870c server blades fit into the same space as a comparable rackmount configuration." OK, so we get all excited about going down to the footnote to read about the detailed energy efficiency tests, the actual space comparisons. But no. All we get is "Based on internal HP testing compared to standard rack servers."<br><br>The Sun server announcement claims that it "delivers multithreaded world-record performance." Again, we get all excited. What incredible industry standard or ISV benchmark are they going to refer to? Maybe they couldn't use any industry standard but had a great internal benchmark they will spell out? No. Nothing. Nada. <br><br>What would Honest Abe have said? It's my party and I'll cry if I want to . . .<br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Sun" rel="tag">Sun</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/BL870c" rel="tag">BL870c</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/T5220" rel="tag">T5220</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Netra" rel="tag">Netra</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/server" rel="tag">server</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/UltraSPARC" rel="tag">UltraSPARC</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>Today both HP and Sun announced new servers. For HP, a new server blade, the <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2008/080212a.html">HP Integrity BL870c</a>. Sun introduced the <a href="http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-02/sunflash.20080211.1.xml">Sun Netra T5220 server</a>, a carrier-grade, 64-thread rackmount UltraSPARC T2 server. <br><br>HP claims that their new server has "power savings of up to 25 percent. Space requirements also are reduced because 2.5 times as many BL870c server blades fit into the same space as a comparable rackmount configuration." OK, so we get all excited about going down to the footnote to read about the detailed energy efficiency tests, the actual space comparisons. But no. All we get is "Based on internal HP testing compared to standard rack servers."<br><br>The Sun server announcement claims that it "delivers multithreaded world-record performance." Again, we get all excited. What incredible industry standard or ISV benchmark are they going to refer to? Maybe they couldn't use any industry standard but had a great internal benchmark they will spell out? No. Nothing. Nada. <br><br>What would Honest Abe have said? It's my party and I'll cry if I want to . . .<br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Sun" rel="tag">Sun</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/BL870c" rel="tag">BL870c</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/T5220" rel="tag">T5220</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Netra" rel="tag">Netra</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/server" rel="tag">server</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/UltraSPARC" rel="tag">UltraSPARC</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>Today both HP and Sun announced new servers. For HP, a new server blade, the HP Integrity BL870c . Sun introduced the Sun Netra T5220 server , a carrier-grade, 64-thread rackmount UltraSPARC T2 server. HP claims that their new server has "power savings...092869urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-0ab322c8-df31-4bc4-85da-2ae8043e4122Gone Missingestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-01-14T00:42:25-05:002008-02-18T18:29:59-05:00Saturday evening I went to the mall. But instead of buying the luxury item I was looking at, I spent a grand total of $14.95. And that's the problem. It seems that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/business/14spend.html?th&emc=th">Americans are cutting back sharply on spending</a>, as noted in the paper this morning. <br><br>"Strong evidence is emerging that consumer spending, a bulwark against recession over the last year even as energy prices surged and the housing market sputtered, has begun to slow sharply at every level of the American economy, from the working class to the wealthy." Tiffany, Coach, Nordstrom. No one is immune now. I also noticed on Saturday that I was able to pull into a parking spot only a few feet from the door. It was a bit scary, as if all consumers had gone missing. <br><br>Today, HP <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2008/080114a.html">announced four new ProLiant servers</a> with no performance details, no benchmarks. <br><br>It will be interesting to see if spending takes place on these servers, especially with benchmarks gone missing. <br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/ProLiant" rel="tag">ProLiant</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/spending" rel="tag">spending</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/recession" rel="tag">recession</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/server" rel="tag">server</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>Saturday evening I went to the mall. But instead of buying the luxury item I was looking at, I spent a grand total of $14.95. And that's the problem. It seems that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/business/14spend.html?th&emc=th">Americans are cutting back sharply on spending</a>, as noted in the paper this morning. <br><br>"Strong evidence is emerging that consumer spending, a bulwark against recession over the last year even as energy prices surged and the housing market sputtered, has begun to slow sharply at every level of the American economy, from the working class to the wealthy." Tiffany, Coach, Nordstrom. No one is immune now. I also noticed on Saturday that I was able to pull into a parking spot only a few feet from the door. It was a bit scary, as if all consumers had gone missing. <br><br>Today, HP <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2008/080114a.html">announced four new ProLiant servers</a> with no performance details, no benchmarks. <br><br>It will be interesting to see if spending takes place on these servers, especially with benchmarks gone missing. <br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/ProLiant" rel="tag">ProLiant</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/spending" rel="tag">spending</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/recession" rel="tag">recession</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/server" rel="tag">server</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>Saturday evening I went to the mall. But instead of buying the luxury item I was looking at, I spent a grand total of $14.95. And that's the problem. It seems that Americans are cutting back sharply on spending , as noted in the paper this morning. ...001628urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-610025ea-e2dd-4779-9cc9-0498965fb93aBlogging Hazardous to Your Healthestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-01-09T10:25:05-05:002008-02-18T18:31:10-05:00I read yesterday that blogging is now considered <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/technology/07blogger.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1199941200&en=28708f12c54bd08f&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin">hazardous to your health.</a> <br><br>It seems that there is considerable stress involved with having always to be aware of what big news story is going on, and there is incredible pressure to blog about it as fast as possible. More stress maybe than for a lawyer. Definitely more stress than for an entrepreneur. <br><br>HP published a <a href="http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_results.asp?orderby=hardware">TPC-C benchmark</a> earlier this week. The result was half a percent greater performance and higher in price performance than a previous result on the same hardware from two months ago. The HP result was significantly behind the IBM #1 and top results. (1) <br><br>Nothing to cause any bloggers much excitement. Which is probably good.<br><br>************************************************<br>(1)HP TPC-C result of 275,149 tpmC, $1.44/tpmC, avail. 1/7/2008 on the HP ProLiant ML370 G5 with two 3.16GHz Xeon X5460 processors chips (8 cores, 16 threads) with 12MB L2 cache per chip and 64 GB memory running Microsoft SQL Server 2005 x64 Enterprise Edt SP2 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Ent. R2 vs. HP TPC-C result of 273,666.00 tpmC, $1.38/tpmC, avail. 12/11/2007 on the HP ProLiant ML370 G5 with two 3.16GHz Xeon X5460 processors chips ( 8 cores, 16 threads) with 12MB L2 cache per chip and 64 GB memory running Oracle Database 10g Standard Edtion One on Oracle Enterprise Linux vs. IBM p5-570 TPC-C result of 429,900 tpmC, $4.99/tpmC, avail. 09/30/04 (POWER5 @1.9 GHz, 4 chips/8 cores/16 threads) and IBM System x3950 TPC-C result of 331,087 tpmC, $5.30/tpmC, avail. 02/14/07 (Xeon 7150N @ 3.5 GHz, 4 processors/8 cores/16 threads).<br>Source: www.tpc.org. Results as of 1/9/08.<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>TPC Benchmarks are registered trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/blogging" rel="tag">blogging</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-C" rel="tag">TPC-C</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/hazardous" rel="tag">hazardous</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/ML370" rel="tag">ML370</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/><br/><br/>I read yesterday that blogging is now considered <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/technology/07blogger.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1199941200&en=28708f12c54bd08f&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin">hazardous to your health.</a> <br><br>It seems that there is considerable stress involved with having always to be aware of what big news story is going on, and there is incredible pressure to blog about it as fast as possible. More stress maybe than for a lawyer. Definitely more stress than for an entrepreneur. <br><br>HP published a <a href="http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_results.asp?orderby=hardware">TPC-C benchmark</a> earlier this week. The result was half a percent greater performance and higher in price performance than a previous result on the same hardware from two months ago. The HP result was significantly behind the IBM #1 and top results. (1) <br><br>Nothing to cause any bloggers much excitement. Which is probably good.<br><br>************************************************<br>(1)HP TPC-C result of 275,149 tpmC, $1.44/tpmC, avail. 1/7/2008 on the HP ProLiant ML370 G5 with two 3.16GHz Xeon X5460 processors chips (8 cores, 16 threads) with 12MB L2 cache per chip and 64 GB memory running Microsoft SQL Server 2005 x64 Enterprise Edt SP2 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Ent. R2 vs. HP TPC-C result of 273,666.00 tpmC, $1.38/tpmC, avail. 12/11/2007 on the HP ProLiant ML370 G5 with two 3.16GHz Xeon X5460 processors chips ( 8 cores, 16 threads) with 12MB L2 cache per chip and 64 GB memory running Oracle Database 10g Standard Edtion One on Oracle Enterprise Linux vs. IBM p5-570 TPC-C result of 429,900 tpmC, $4.99/tpmC, avail. 09/30/04 (POWER5 @1.9 GHz, 4 chips/8 cores/16 threads) and IBM System x3950 TPC-C result of 331,087 tpmC, $5.30/tpmC, avail. 02/14/07 (Xeon 7150N @ 3.5 GHz, 4 processors/8 cores/16 threads).<br>Source: www.tpc.org. Results as of 1/9/08.<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>TPC Benchmarks are registered trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/blogging" rel="tag">blogging</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC-C" rel="tag">TPC-C</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/hazardous" rel="tag">hazardous</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/ML370" rel="tag">ML370</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/><br/><br/>I read yesterday that blogging is now considered hazardous to your health. It seems that there is considerable stress involved with having always to be aware of what big news story is going on, and there is incredible pressure to blog about it as fast as...001650urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-060da520-23b8-4048-8bd6-9b4c5225efb3Picture Thisestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2008-01-03T16:59:31-05:002008-02-18T18:31:39-05:00We finally got around to it, right before the new year. Getting prints made from photos taken months and months ago - summer vacation in New Hampshire, the orchestra trip to Spain, pictures of the marching band. <br><br>Last week, HP published a press release entitled <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/071226a.html">"Snapfish by HP Rings in the New Year Early with 9 Cent Prints."</a> <br><br>The press release claims "more than 50 percent savings compared to those of other photo-sharing sites." No details. No footnotes. And in the benchmarking world, we like footnotes. <br><br>The press release also fails to mention an additional cost - the shipping and handling. This cost works out to be many cents more per print and a huge amount when you are ordering many prints. In our case, over 43% more. For that additional cost, you would think Snapfish was handling and shipping a whale. <br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/New Year" rel="tag">New Year</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Snapfish" rel="tag">Snapfish</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/footnotes" rel="tag">footnotes</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/photo" rel="tag">photo</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>We finally got around to it, right before the new year. Getting prints made from photos taken months and months ago - summer vacation in New Hampshire, the orchestra trip to Spain, pictures of the marching band. <br><br>Last week, HP published a press release entitled <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/071226a.html">"Snapfish by HP Rings in the New Year Early with 9 Cent Prints."</a> <br><br>The press release claims "more than 50 percent savings compared to those of other photo-sharing sites." No details. No footnotes. And in the benchmarking world, we like footnotes. <br><br>The press release also fails to mention an additional cost - the shipping and handling. This cost works out to be many cents more per print and a huge amount when you are ordering many prints. In our case, over 43% more. For that additional cost, you would think Snapfish was handling and shipping a whale. <br><br>************************************************<br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/New Year" rel="tag">New Year</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Snapfish" rel="tag">Snapfish</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/footnotes" rel="tag">footnotes</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/photo" rel="tag">photo</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>We finally got around to it, right before the new year. Getting prints made from photos taken months and months ago - summer vacation in New Hampshire, the orchestra trip to Spain, pictures of the marching band. Last week, HP published a press release...001640urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-fb16729b-1b3e-47ce-95c9-eba54793cca3B is for Benchmarkestahl0600029JQ8activeEntradas de Comentáriosapplication/atom+xml;type=entryCurtir2007-11-08T09:48:19-05:002007-12-11T14:06:16-05:00One of the latest trends I have seen making a comeback in teaching has been the concept of having the student grade themselves. This method can be enlightening and innovative or not, depending on the integrity of the student and the type of assignment. <br><br>Today, HP released a press release, <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/071108a.html">HP Updates Integrity Systems with Latest Processor Technology and Software Enhancements.</a> <br><br>HP claims a price/performance increase with new Itanium technology, backed up by a benchmark footnote. Great. But the problem here is that the benchmark wasn't SPEC. It wasn't TPC. It wasn't SAP. It wasn't even Notesbench. The benchmark was an internal HP order entry benchmark. With no details. <br><br>If you give yourself an "A" it's nice to know why. <br><br>************************************************<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>TPC Benchmarks are registered trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. <br><br>SAP, mySAP and other SAP product and service names mentioned herein as well as their respectivelogos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries allover the world. <br><br>SPEC and the SPEC benchmark names are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPEC" rel="tag">SPEC</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC" rel="tag">TPC</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Itanium" rel="tag">Itanium</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Montvale" rel="tag">Montvale</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>One of the latest trends I have seen making a comeback in teaching has been the concept of having the student grade themselves. This method can be enlightening and innovative or not, depending on the integrity of the student and the type of assignment. <br><br>Today, HP released a press release, <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/071108a.html">HP Updates Integrity Systems with Latest Processor Technology and Software Enhancements.</a> <br><br>HP claims a price/performance increase with new Itanium technology, backed up by a benchmark footnote. Great. But the problem here is that the benchmark wasn't SPEC. It wasn't TPC. It wasn't SAP. It wasn't even Notesbench. The benchmark was an internal HP order entry benchmark. With no details. <br><br>If you give yourself an "A" it's nice to know why. <br><br>************************************************<br><br>The postings on this site solely reflect the personal views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views, positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or IBM management. <br><br>TPC Benchmarks are registered trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. <br><br>SAP, mySAP and other SAP product and service names mentioned herein as well as their respectivelogos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries allover the world. <br><br>SPEC and the SPEC benchmark names are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. <br><br><b>technorati tags:</b> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/IBM" rel="tag">IBM</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/systems" rel="tag">systems</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/performance" rel="tag">performance</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/HP" rel="tag">HP</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmark" rel="tag">benchmark</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/SPEC" rel="tag">SPEC</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/TPC" rel="tag">TPC</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Itanium" rel="tag">Itanium</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/Montvale" rel="tag">Montvale</a>,<a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/benchmarking" rel="tag">benchmarking</a></p> <br/>One of the latest trends I have seen making a comeback in teaching has been the concept of having the student grade themselves. This method can be enlightening and innovative or not, depending on the integrity of the student and the type of assignment. ...001451urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-047fb7d5-4c5f-4a9c-bcb3-7e54fca041c3Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl2013-12-05T15:01:57-05:00